Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Belfort–Montbéliard | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Belfortiensis–Montis Beligardi |
Local: | Diocèse de Belfort–Montbéliard |
Country: | France |
Province: | Besançon |
Metropolitan: | Archdiocese of Besançon |
Area Km2: | 1,472 |
Population: | 325,364 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Catholics: | 247,400 |
Catholics Percent: | 76 |
Parishes: | 133 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Established: | 3 November 1979 |
Cathedral: | Cathedral Basilica of St. Christopher |
Patron: | St. Paul |
Bishop: | Denis Jean-Marie Jachiet |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Metro Archbishop: | Jean-Luc Bouilleret |
Suffragan: | for one --> |
Archdeacon: | for one--> |
Emeritus Bishops: | Claude Pierre Charles Schockert |
Website: | Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Belfort–Montbéliard (Latin: Dioecesis Belfortiensis–Montis Beligardi; French: Diocèse de Belfort–Montbéliard) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected in November 1979, the diocese was split off from the metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon and remains a suffragan diocese in its ecclesiastical province.